Squires Cafe Bar

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Hardstanding pitches
Hardstanding pitches
This is one of the many views
This is another part of the grass tent area. no fires are allowed
This is a bit of the grassed area where tents can be pitched
The café, where we serve tea, coffee, food and other refreshments on a daily basis
Our function room and where thursday evening and sunday carvery are served
Function room bar
Token-operated electric hook-ups. these can be bought from the café for £5
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This is one of the many views
This is another part of the grass tent area. no fires are allowed
This is a bit of the grassed area where tents can be pitched

  • Biker site by a café bar, open since the 1970s
  • Café open daily with weekly and weekend biker meets
  • Sunday roast, weekly carvery and licensed bar
‘Run by bikers for bikers’ goes the tagline of the roaringly popular Squires Café Bar in Selby, North Yorkshire, which has been rallying – and fortifying – biker troops since the 1970s. Bike and club meets, regular events and live music, an on-site bike shop and a once-monthly Autojumble to pick up secondhand bike gear have all been lined up over the years by owners Harry and Sue, who ran the biker-friendly Squires Milk Bar at Sherburn-in-Elmet before moving here. Café prices at Squires are cheap as chips (which you can have with gravy and stuffed inside a giant Yorkshire pud); for something a bit posher, a carvery of the café’s own farm-reared Aberdeen Angus is available for Sunday roast and on Thursday evenings; and for pints/events, a licensed bar and an events room for hire are available too. Squires Café Bar is open seven days a week in summer, but it’s on Wednesdays and weekends that regulars roar up: Wednesdays following the local biker meet tradition started by Harry and Sue in the 1960s, and weekends for meets, charity events, live gigs and general lounging about in leathers. To preserve the grass areas of the site, the owners allow the use of off-ground barbecues, but not one that will damage the grass. Campfires are not allowed.

Site type

Tent sites 20
Caravan sites 32
Motorhome sites 32
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Please note the electric hook-ups for touring pitches are 16-amp and token-operated. Tokens can be bought from the café for £5 each. Showers are also token operated and each £1 token lasts for approximately 3 minutes. The indoor skate ring is open Tuesday to Sunday, 3pm-7pm, priced at £3 per person for half an hour.

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Reviews

8.7

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Budget/backpacker

88% would recommend this site to a friend

87% would stay here again

What customers say

Squires Cafe Bar Campsite: a fave with bikers. Spacious, level pitches. Friendly staff, good value food, lively vibe. Facilities clean but dated. Train noise an issue for some. Very welcoming for families and dogs.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Simple, no frills campsite.

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chris a.

Motorcycle and tent only unpowered grass tent site (no cars)

Liked Booking my pitch was a simple, straight forward process with immediate confirmation sent to me.
Booking in at the site was also simple and straight forward.

Disliked Only the toilets on the upper field were in use, this made it quite hard for me as I had to negotiate an incline on the way there and back down again - that being said it’s only an issue for me as I am disabled and use a walking aid, any able bodied person would probably not have an issue and I guess you’re not being disturbed through the night if they were closer.
Unfortunately there weren’t any plots closer for me to use.

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Great place

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George S.

Motorcycle and tent only unpowered grass tent site (no cars)

Liked Good food , nice big camping Field, lots of bikes, reasonable beer and cider prices

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Great area and lovely spot nice…

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Anonymous

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Great area and lovely spot nice pub

Recommend to friends Visit again

All in all a nice pleasant stay. Will definitely go again.

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Anthony M.

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Really good sized pitches, the staff all friendly as were the campers that live on the site. Facilities were good, could have been a bit cleaner but we stayed the weekend of the Leeds festival so probably busier than usual. Saying that, I have been to sites at big holiday sites and they have been worse!
Showers and electric good value for money. Only £5 for electric hookup and that lasted us 2 days and nights, van plugged in constantly with TV, fridge, charges etc and no issues.

Cafe bar good value too. Although we had all our own food we did pop in for a meal one evening and it was nice.

Disliked Nothing really. The train is a bit annoying tooting its horn everytime it goes past but you get used to it.

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Lovely and wild

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Alvida K.

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Love it! We went Leeds fest and it was quite close to it but still far out too, loved the constant bike commotion although it is all at the pub and you can hardly hear the bikes at the camp site which is just up hill from it. Very nice and friendly environment. Never had to queue up for the toilets or showers even on social hours in the morning. Toilets and showers clean, didn’t shower but sink and toilets were clean and good pressure. Food at the pub was also really good. Would recommend for any stop overs or anyone who want to look at some cool bikes on a summers day.
The shower rooms were accessibility friendly, and there’s ramps rather than stairs mostly everywhere. Camp was super dog friendly, they have a dog field and also since the camp area wasn’t too busy there was still enough room for dogs to run around near your camping area. Camping areas assigned are huge, enough to fit a camper and seating area outside, basically double the space needed.

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Absolutely amazing definitely going again. Friendly,…

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Jamie-Lee W.

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Absolutely amazing definitely going again. Friendly, clean and food was beyond words out of this world.

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Really lovely staff, very friendly and…

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Anonymous

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Really lovely staff, very friendly and helpful. Great for motorcyclists, very busy. Pie and mash hot and tasty. Bus service at the gates of the site.

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Fun, friendly, spacious site good for dogs and food

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Michael E.

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Relaxed, decent facilities, very friendly, great food in the cafe, loads of space and bikes galore!! Also very dog friendly. You can do a nice walk Lotherton Hall if you fancy it too

Disliked There is a HV pylon running through the field but the field is massive so you can camp well away if you don't like that. There is a train line close by too but they don't run late at night or early in morning so didn't find it disturbing.

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Great time had will go again

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Anonymous

Motorcycle and tent only unpowered grass tent site (no cars)

Liked Lovely friendly staff and patrons had a great time just chatting to everyone and went to the auto jumble in the morning. In all a good trip

Disliked Sewers were a bit pongy and could be smelt throughout the site

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Will not be coming back

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Rebecca M.

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Plenty of room and close to the A1.

Disliked The toilets are in extremely poor conditions especially the men’s. There was a huge hole in the floor next to the toilet making it unusable and dangerous. Dogs were left unattended and going to the toilet around the campsite. Overall campsite seemed run down and not very well maintained. Definitely not with the £24 (without electric) we were charged.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for caravans

Location

Squires Cafe Bar

Newthorpe Lane

Newthorpe

South Milford

Selby

North Yorkshire

England

LS25 5LX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.78272°N
1.28864°W

Route directions

Squires has a bus stop outside the main gates which can take you into Leeds city centre one way and drop off in Selby in the opposite direction (buses 402 and 403). To take the train from Leeds to Squires, travel to South Milford train station then catch the bus 402/403 to Squires. There is also a train station in Sherburn which will take you directly to York city centre train station.

Nearest transport

Coach
11.6 km Bus Station Stand 1
16.3 km York Street
16.4 km Bus Stn
Rail
2.5 km South Milford Rail Station
2.6 km Micklefield Rail Station
4 km Sherburn-in-Elmet Rail Station
Airport
26.3 km Leeds Bradford International Airport
37.9 km Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
38.3 km Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Squires Café Bar is well placed for the Yorkshire coast and both the Yorkshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors national parks, about 10 miles from Leeds city centre and with York within biking distance for a day trip. On fine and sunny days, ramble/bike along, fish from or take a boat out on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the longest in Northern England, or take a picnic to the 1500 acres of parkland at Temple Newsam House and Farm, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots’s caddish hubby Lord Darnley and listed as one of the top three museum sites in the country by an author in the know. Xscape Yorkshire is a nifty nearby option for rainy days or indoor evenings, as it’s crammed with activities such as Laserzone and adventure golf, restaurants, bars, clubs, a cinema and shops (the outlet shopping village Junction 32 is just opposite). Further afield, the Doncaster Dome has a seven-pool waterworld and the UK's only split level ice rink – you’ll have had loads of practice by then at the Squires Café Bar rink…

Must see

Lotherton Hall & Gardens 4.5 km

Xscape Castleford 8.8 km

Royal Armouries Museum 16 km

The Henry Moore Institute 17.1 km

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills 19.5 km

National Trust

Nostell Priory and Parkland 16 km

Goddards Garden 21.3 km

Treasurer's House 24.2 km

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 26.9 km

East Riddlesden Hall 40.2 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

LEDSTON HALL AND PARK 2.6 km

LOTHERTON HALL 4.3 km

FAIRBURN INGS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 12/04/1999) 5 km

Battle of Towton, 1461 6.6 km

FRIARWOOD VALLEY GARDENS 10.6 km

Local events

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday, 19 September 2025 – Friday, 19 September 2025)

    Ripon, England 25.1 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Squires Cafe Bar have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Squires Cafe Bar dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Squires Cafe Bar? Squires Café Bar is well placed for the Yorkshire coast and both the Yorkshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors national parks, about 10 miles from Leeds city centre and with York within biking … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Squires Cafe Bar?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  noon –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Squires Cafe Bar? From $23.04 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.